Pedri has become the key part of Barcelona’s midfield since his 2020 move from Las Palmas.
La Blaugrana moved swiftly to secure a deal for the Tenerife-born playmaker, after spotting his rise through the youth ranks in Gran Canaria, and making his first team debut in 2019.
A month after making his first team bow for Las Palmas, Barcelona agreed a deal to sign Pedri, with the agreement he would remain in the Canary Islands for the 2020/21 season.
His ongoing development has seen him grow into a crucial player for club and country, and if he remains injury free, he is on course for club legend status in Catalonia.
The transfer to bring him to Barcelona could prove to be one of the biggest bargains in La Liga history, based on an initial €5m fee, and a series of performance related clause.
Las Palmas president Miguel Angel Ramirez has now confirmed the full potential price has been paid and the deal is now complete.
“It exceeds €20m. I can’t give details because I don’t remember them exactly, but we have overcome the barrier of €20m”, as per reports from Mundo Deportivo.
“I think there were five clauses when Barcelona signed him, three of five million that have already been paid, one for international matches and one other variable that I don’t remember.
“The definitive transfer of Pedri to Barcelona ranges between €20-25m.”
Pretty good deal.
Here’s hoping he can be a little healthier going forward, though. The club are infinitely better when he and Frenkie are on the pitch at the same time.
When you consider the price premier league teams are paying for midfielders these days 100 million plus seems to be the going rate these days,25 million for a player of pedri’s quality is an unbelievable piece of business no matter what way you look at it,but as you quite rightly say the only problem with pedri is physically although it’s not all down to pedri himself imo the amount of games he has had to play at his age already is ridiculous and injuries and burnout are sadly the cost of this.